Trousers-stretcher



(No Model.) D. F. MGNAIR. TROUSERS STRBTGHER.

No. 404,648. Patented June 4, 1889.

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ATTHNEY UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

DAVID F.MONAIR, OF WILKES-BARR, PENNSYLVANIA.

TROUSERS-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,648, dated June 4, 1889.

Application filed February 12, 1889. Serial No. 299,586. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be-it know that I, DAVID FERGUSON Mc- N AIR, of Vilkes-Barre, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Trousers-Stretcher, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improved trousers-stretcher, and has for its object to provide a device of simple and durable construction capable of retaining rigidly the top and bottom of a pair of trousers, and of being conveniently manipulated to stretch the same and effectually remove the bagging from the knees.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar iigures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation ofthe device, illustrating the same as in use. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view, of the device with the trousers removed, illustrating the same as in position to receive the trousers.

In carrying out the invention the device consists, primarily, of two frames 10 and 11, the upper end of the lower frame 11 being pivoted within the upper frame 10 at the lower end thereof, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The upper frame 10 is constructed of two side pieces united at the top by the cross-bar 12, which cross-bar is provided with a longitudinal groove 13 inthe under face. Below the said cross-bar 12 a parallel bar 14 is held to slide in the side pieces of the frame, the

said parallel bar being provided with suitableV trunnions inserted in a slot 15 produced in the inner face of each side bar, as best shown in Fig. 3. The sliding bar 14, which for convenience I designate a clamp-bar, is provided upon the 'upper face with a longitudinal rib 16, capable of entering the groove 13 in the upper cross-bar 12 of the frame 10 when the two bars are brought in contact.

At about the center of the upper frame 10 an intermediate cross-bar 17 is rigidlysecured by means of suitable attachment to the side pieces. This intermediate cross-bar is provided witlra central aperture, and near each end upon the upper face a wedge-bar 18 is hinged in anyapproved manner, which wedgebars are adapted, when brought to a horizontal position, to press the clamp-bar 14 to a iirm contact with the upper cross-bar 12.

The lower frame 11 is provided with an upper cross-bar 19, whereby it is pivoted in the upper frame 10, the said cross-bar constituting the lower cross-bar of the said upper frame. Otherwise the lower frame 11 is constructed in a similar manner to the upper frame-10, being also provided with an intermediate transverse bar 20 and a lower crossbar 21, corresponding to the upper cross-bar of the' upper frame and provided upon the inner face with a longitudinal groove. -The clamp-bar 22 of the lower frame is held to slide in the side pieces, and upon the face of the same, opposite the cross-bar 21, a longitudinal rib is formed capable of entering the groove in the latter.

In the lower frame the brace-bars23 thereof are hinged to the upper face of the intermediate or transverse cross-bar 20, and are adapted, when brought into a perpendicular position, to force the clamp-bar 22 in contact with the cross-bar 21.

4 In the transverse or cross bar 20 of the lower frame, as in the equivalent bar 17 of the upper frame, an aperture is produced vertipivotal cross-bar 19 of the lower frame. In said apertures a bolt 24 is held to slide provided with a suitable head 25, the said bolt being of such. diameter as to move in a comparatively free manner in the apertures of the said cross-bars and yet not fall out therefrom. The bolt 24 is best illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. V

In operation both the upper and lower outward or disengaged from the sliding clampbars 14 and 22, as illustrated in the upper portion of Fig. 3, and the waistbandy of the trousers is inserted between the upper clampbar 14 and the cross-bar12 and the lower p0rtion of the trousers between the lower clampcally aligning with an aperture in the upperv wedge-bars 18 and 23 of the device are thrown IOO bar 22 and the opposed crossfbar 2l. The clamp-bars are then carried to a contact with the respective upper and lower cross-bars l2 and 21 of the device, and the several wedgebars 1S and are brought to a horizontal position or a position parallel with the side bars of the frame and in contact with the clampbars. Prior to the above manipulation the bolt 24 is withdrawn from engagement with the intermedia-te cross-bar 17 of the upper frame, and the two frames are so manipulated that the upper frame will be at an angle with the lower frame, or vice versa. rlhe trousers having been firmly clamped in position, as set forth, the two frames are brought to a parallel position, as illustrated in Figs. l and 2, and the bolt 24 is slid upward through the aperture in the intermediate cross-bar 17 of the upper frame, as illustrated in Fig. 2, whereby the two frames are held in the saine vertical plane and the trousers are eitectually stretched, as shown in Fig. l.

I desire it to be understood that, while specific construction has been shown and described, other equivalent construction may be employed without departing from the spirit of the invention-as, for instance, the frames 10 and 1l may be braced, as illustrated in dotted lines, Fig. '1, at the points indicated, or at any other desired point.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. In atrousers-stretcher, the combination, with an upper frame and a lower frame pivoted therein, of a cla1np-bar sliding in the frame and capable of contact with the under face of the upper crossbar of the upper frame, and asimilar clamp-bai' capable of contact with the inner face of the lower cross-bar of the lower frame,wedgebars hinged to the upper and lower frames, engaging respectively the upper and lower sliding clamp-bars, and a loclibolt capable of sustaining both frames in the sameplane, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a trousers-stretcher, the combination, with an upper frame having an upper crossbar longitudinally grooved upon the under face and a sliding elampbar provided with a rib adapted to enter said groove, of a lower traine pivoted in the upper frame, having a lower cross-bar grooved upon the upper face, a sliding clamp-bar provided with a rib capable of entering the groove of the lower cross-bar, a bolt locking the two frames in the same vertical plane, and means, substantially as shown and described, for locking the clampbars against the cross-bars, all combined for operation as and for the purpose specilicd.

3. In atrousers-stretcher, the combination, with an upper frame provided with an upper cross-bar having a groove in the under face, a sliding clamp-bar having a rib produced upon t-he upper face capable of entering the said groove, and an intermediate cross-bar, of a lower frame pivoted to the upper frame, provided with an intermediate cross-bar, alower cross-bar having a groove in the under face, a clamp-bar sliding in the lower frame and pro'- vided with a rib adapted to enter the said groove of the lower cross bar, wedge -bars hinged to the intermediate cross-bars of the upper and lower frames capable of exerting pressure upon the clamp-bars, and abolt held to slide through the intermediate cross-bars of thefraines, locking the same in a parallel vertical position, substantially shown and described.

DAVID F.' MUNAIR.

Witnesses:

S. J. S'rRAUss, F. M. NIcHoLs. 

